Two Questions.....

[Cosmet]

Ok, the first question is how do I remove an element of an array? It can be any element.....

Second: how do I use while on an array?

[xXHalfSliceXx]

Q1308 How to you remove an element or item from an array (ie make it smaller)?

[KevinADC]

xXHalfSliceXx,

That will work great for..... javascript arrays.

I would post a suggestion or two but Cosmet is in the habit of not replying to threads he starts.

[Cosmet]

Sorry, once I get the answer I forget to reply thanks..... Please help! I'll reply this time.

[KevinADC]

my $element = 'cat';
my @array = qw(dog pig cat bird);
@array = grep {$_ ne $element} @array;
print "@array";

Second, don't use "while" on an array, that is almost never appropriate. Use "for" or "foreach" or "map" or "grep" for processing arrays.

[Cosmet]

Thank you for replying - I've been assigning the array values to "", is that good enough for erasing them?

[KevinADC]

Depends on what you are doing, that just makes the array element an empty string, but the array will still be the same length as before because you did not delete the array element, just defined it as empty. Most likely that is not what you really want to do.

[KevinADC]

hmmm...another thread abandoned by cosmet, I should have learned my lesson. I have now.

[Cosmet]

Sorry, I sometimes go for days without getting on the net/computer. I've just now started working on this project again. Thank you for your suggestions, I managed to get them working well in my script.